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Record Nr.

UNISA996580164803316

Autore

Marynovych Myroslav <1949->

Titolo

The universe behind barbed wire : memoirs of a Soviet Ukrainian dissident / / Myroslav Marynovych ; translated by Zoya Hayuk ; edited by Katherine Younger ; with a foreword by Timothy Snyder [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-80010-193-7

1-78744-832-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 453 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ; ; 26

Disciplina

365/.45092

B

Soggetti

Dissenters - Ukraine

Intellectuals - Ukraine

Political prisoners - Ukraine

Human rights workers - Ukraine

Biographies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 May 2021).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction -- Part One In the Role of a Moth That Is Drawn to the Light -- 1 Establishing the Fundamentals of Fate -- 2 Finally in Kyiv -- 3 The Era of the Helsinki Movement -- 4 Arrest, Investigation, and Trial -- Intermezzo 1. On the Road to Camp -- Part Two The Universe behind Barbed Wire -- 5 The Labor Camp Up Close -- 6 In the Vise of the Strict Regime -- 7 The Pinnacle of the Struggle -- 8 When the Soul Snagged on Barbed Wire -- Intermezzo 2. Transfer to Internal Exile -- Part Three Exile -- 9 Among the Kazakhs -- Intermezzo 3. Once Again on the Threshold of a New Life -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Gospel According to a Holy Fool -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ukrainian dissident Myroslav Marynovych recounts his involvement in the Brezhnev-era human rights movement in the Soviet Union and his resulting years as a political prisoner in Siberia and in internal exile.